Quotes relevant to extreme early retirement

Published in June 16th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!“Thus, when the marginal cost of participating in a complex society becomes too high, productive units across the economic spectrum increase resistance (passive or active) to the demands of the hierarchy, or overtly attempt to break away. Both the [...]

Modified Navy Showers

Published in June 11th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in household

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According to wiki, a normal ten minute shower uses as much as 60 gallons of water. This means that the water tank of an boat or an RV(*) will be exhausted after a single shower. Therefore we’ll have to adopt to some kind of Navy shower.
The thing I don’t like about Navy showers is having [...]

On cars and jitneys

Published in June 9th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Transportation

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Carpooling has been suggested as a solution to alleviate increasing gas prices. The problem is that finding someone to carpool with is a difficult task requiring much research into whether the driver is dependable, etc. Except for major cities it is even to time-consuming/costly to get a cab. Thus today it is highly convenient to [...]

Vegan slow cooker chili

Published in June 8th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in How to

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This recipe is grand because it can be cooked in the morning and eaten in the evening.
Start in the evening by soaking some black eyed peas and some navy beans. These can be pressure cooked in the morning while DW takes a shower(*) and you cut up some green onions (I found a few in [...]

Volunteer opportunity on ERE

Published in June 7th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Work, announcements

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Some people have asked me what they can do to compensate me for all my rants on this site. Usually I tell them that while I won’t accept any tangibles — mostly because I got enough stuff as it is but mainly because I don’t want the IRS to get a cut — they can [...]

Deodorant refurbishing

Published in June 7th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in How to

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I’ve been annoyed at having to throw out the last 5% of my (stick) deodorants that doesn’t come up no matter how much the dial on the bottom is turned. Now, I have a solution to that. Take an old stick and put it in the microwave until the deodorant melts (don’t boil it!). [...]

Learning to cook saves at least $5000 a year

Published in June 6th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Early Retirement, Finance, Strategy

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I’m constantly surprised that people can spend $250+ per person per month. Over time this adds up to tremendous amounts of money. Most likely, such huge food bills are due to eating out or eating preprocessed foods, so this is likely to be followed by substantial sick care costs down the road.
The simple answer is [...]

Retiring happy in the 21st century

Published in June 4th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Early Retirement, Philosophy, Strategy

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One must save to retire, because savings transfer purchasing power from the present to the future and in order to stop working one must have claims on future goods. That much is obvious (if not, read this post). Since such claims are dollar denominated, the purchasing power is set by the supply and demand of [...]

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